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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
That's easily explained: There is no such party.
I've never met, or privately corresponded, with pwalker8. Many months ago I put a post on Mike Shatzkin's blog, and he replied to it there -- which was cool -- but that's where the conspiracy began and ended.
Me too, although the statements that confuse me may be different ones.
Despite have missed the signup for his party membership card, I thought this Shatzkin post was on good take on what's most confusing:
http://www.idealog.com/blog/motivati...tariat-figure/ |
Actually, if you stop and think of it, it's really not that hard. Deep down, people tend to be tribal, i.e. support their own tribe over outsiders. I'm sure that quite a few indies feel a lot of loyalty to Amazon since Amazon is giving them their chance to be a published author, just as a lot of published authors feel a lot of loyalty to their publishing houses. Thus, it's quite normal to support your tribe even if it's not in your personal best interest.
There is a great book out there called "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer. There is a lot of research looking at brain activity while making decisions. In general, people tend to decide things on an emotional basis very quickly, then rationalize it. A really interesting book and worth reading.